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Kushagra Bajaj (born 4 February 1977) is an Indian businessman who is the Chairman of the Bajaj Group, Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Hindusthan Limited and Chairman of Bajaj Corp Limited.
Kushagra Bajaj is the son of Shishir Bajaj. He is a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Political Philosophy and Finance from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh in the United States, and later earned a Master of Science in Marketing from the Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. In August 2001, Bajaj became Chief Executive with overall responsibility for operations at Bajaj Hindusthan.
In 2007, he received the Young Achiever award by the jury of the 10th Rajiv Gandhi Awards, and in 2011 he was nominated for the Indian government's Padma Shri award. He donated $2.5 million to endow a professorship at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, his alma mater. This represents one of the most significant gifts received by the Carnegie Mellon school.